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Albanian Abandon
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH After six decades of good old film photography, I decided a couple of years ago that it was time to switch to a digital camera. One of the first series with my new gear...
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A Bloody Contrast, 24 World Front Pages After Gaza Killings
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH PARIS — The world reacted in a chorus of shock Tuesday after the deadliest day in Gaza since 2014, as Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians protesting at the border...
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Fighting For Rights Of India's Women Garment Workers
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE NAROL — Situated on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, in the northwestern state of Gujarat, Narol is a very large industrial hub that manufactures readymade garments, especially...
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Reading Tea Leaves In Pyongyang
Worldcrunch.com / YONDER WASHINGTON — When Kim Jong-un came out in the open, analysts, spies and all kind of experts were running through the footage, sound bites, testimonies, intelligence reports...
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"'Anti-Tourist" Turnstiles Under Fire In Venice
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA VENICE — Venice and its 80,000 regular inhabitants are drowning in tourists. Some 30 million flock to its famous canals every year, stressing the infrastructure. Fed up,...
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Exclusive - Lula's Letter From Jail: Brazil Needs Me More Than Ever
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE SAO PAULO — I am a candidate for the Brazilian presidency in October's elections, because I have committed no crime and because I know I can act to put the country back onto...
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Low Pay, Limited Freedom: Dark Days For Egypt's Journalists
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Nine years ago, Ahmed Khalaf, 29, started working as a culture journalist for the website of a state-owned newspaper. But his salary was so low it hardly covered...
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Brunch: America’s Response To Sunday Mass
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — "How," a woman next to me muttered, "can you have mimosas and no orange juice?" We were at the bottomless mimosa refill station at BrunchCon, a...
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Hungry Students? Postponed Exams? Ramadan In German Schools
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT BERLIN — This past week marked the beginning of a period of peace and quiet for Muslims around the world. It is Ramadan, a month dedicated to reflection, prayers, and...
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Argentina Crisis: Will We Learn Our Economic History Lesson?
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -Analysis- BUENOS AIRES — A year ago I wrote in this newspaper that Argentina — as it so often has in the face of crises brought on by over-spending and protectionism — was...
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Watch: Oneshot—Cannes Film Festival: Sophia Loren And Alain Delon
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT With the current edition in full swing, OneShot has produced a series of videos with the French public audiovisual institute INA from their Cannes photographic archives. This...
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Oui To EU, But Macron Is Pushing European Integration Too Far
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -OpEd- PARIS — At a time when nationalism is coming back to life across the continent, the pro-European activism of Emmanuel Macron is to be applauded. The emergence of a...
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Crime In Mexico, Getting Used To A Warped Idea Of Normal
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Analysis- MEXICO CITY — The world changes when people grow accustomed to the unacceptable, and come to view unnatural states like physical insecurity as perfectly...
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Why Big Tech Hasn't Joined The Crypto-Revolution
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS LONDON — Pop quiz: Which of Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and Netflix Inc. has shouted most to investors about Bitcoin or blockchain? The...
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Anti-Semitism In German Rap, A Loaded Question
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG -Essay- MUNICH — Artists are now using anti-Semitism and Islamism to shock, and that’s not surprising. But if both listeners and rappers started to finally take...
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Drug Wars Or Defense, What Role For Military In Latin America?
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -Analysis- BUENOS AIRES — The end of the Cold War ushered in a new phase in military relations between the United States and Latin America. As the region's dictatorships gave...
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Postcard From The Korean DMZ, The Last Cold War Border
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS TONGILCHON — Kim Dan-geum would never have thought of the DMZ as an escape route. In September 2013, like all North Korean defectors, she opted instead to cross the Tumen...
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How Should Medellín Deal With "Escobar Tourism"?
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR MEDELLÍN — The city of Medellín wants to find ways to properly honor victims of drug violence, with actions including demolishing an abandoned building that once housed...
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Yarmouk, A Palestinian Tragedy Plays Out In Syria
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR Yarmouk: Stories of building collapses and neighbors killed reverberate around the diaspora through voice-notes and pictures sent almost the minute fleeing residents emerge...
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A Once Frugal Nation, China Is Getting Run Over By Consumerism
Worldcrunch.com / ECONOMIC OBSERVER -Analysis- BEIJING — The "invisible poor" has become a new online — and ironic — moniker in China. It describes young people who earn more than 10,000 RMB ($1,570)...
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